Islanders Bits: Brooklyn, Prospect Talk, Secondary Scoring Woe

I think he’s got Ranger cast-off success written all over him. Sadly, he’s an RFA this year.

In 2009-10 I adopted the Avs as my [second] team to root for because the Islanders were in the dumpster. So I watched a few games here and there. I really liked what Wojo brought, but he brought it inconsistently… and later became a Yote… So I didn’t follow him much.
At $3.8M even as a pending RFA… PASS. I’d much rather see Nino 2.0 next year get a top six role. He’s way more budget friendly. If they wanted a Wojo they wouldn’t have given up on Blake… who was more consistent, more productive and much more budget friendly.
Comeau put up about .45PPG in 292 games. Wojo has put up about .69PPG in 400GP. But mostly in his first four years with the AVS.
The most important part of this is that the Islanders MUST fix the defense FIRST. When they can put three pairs together that move teh puck from the D-Zone to the N-Zone there is ample talent to get it the rest of the way.
This is not another PAP situation, where maybe they weren’t giving enough respect to a young talent… this is a guy who has been moved twice already as a professional.
And the last thing they need is another LH forward.
No thanks.

You could always let him walk afterward if you’re unconvinced, no?

Because he was playing with or behind Sakic, Tanguay, Hejduk, Turgeon, Svatos, Stasny, and Brunette. That’s a pretty daunting top 6-9 there> Not sure he’s been in a similar situation since Sakic and Turgeon retired.

And who the hell gave him $4 million a year? Santa Claus?

LOL!

;-)

Can’t see the scoreboard from the top, but you can see the ice better than almost any new arena because the seats are much, much closer.

1. The goal on the far side
2. Center ice
3. The far side neutral zone face-off dot
3. The Jumbotron

Also, the last row of seats, added years after it was originally built are terrible.

Most of the seats are fine. But that one whole side is just awful.

Its a compliment that even people who hate the Isles and NVMC will concede.
If you think NVMCs sightlines are bad, you must absolutely despise every other NHL arena.

I’m sure there are plenty of Rags fans who just want to see some hockey and would go to the Isles games just cause they are cheaper.

They already do. I cant remember the last time I went to a game at NVMC and DIDNT see a few Rags fans there just to watch a game.

but it makes sense because the Brooklynites would adopt them as their own. Just like the Dodgers. Brooklyn is a city unto itself. Of course you’d get the Islander haters, but think of the breakdown of Yankee fans in Queens. Before 1969 I’d bet they were 90% Yankee fans… then the revolution of 69 where met fans were born on the back of the bandwagon… same as Jet fans.
If the Isles built a champion in brooklyn they’d have the richest success in their history. Of course, Nassau and suffolk county fans would probably feel like the parents who had to give up their child for adoption… and they’d only have their politicians to blame.

I still say the best resolution would be a new arena next to Belmont. But with every grain of sand in the hourglass that becomes less and less likely.

…I mean, they don’t win or anything like that, but you know what I mean.

/sobs

Has an organization ever had the # 1 NHL Player of the Month, AHL Player of the Month, and AHL Goalie of the Month? Have the Isles scored some bizarro trifecta? What are the Vegas odds of the Isles & Sound Tigers pulling this off?

Franz, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a center, you’re not a winger. I don’t want to know you or what you do. I don’t want to see you at the hotels, I don’t want you near my house. When you see our team, I want to know a day in advance, so I won’t be there. You understand?

I think the plan was to have Bailey be the second offensive center, and the “shots” taken have to be thought of as effective shots. With that in mind the biggest “passenger” is (do I really even have type this).
He was firing from all over the place, but ineffectively. Bailey has two SH shots in the last two games and two goals. He needs to switch roles on that line (as Ben suggested a few days ago..I think). Whether it’s Martin and Rhett, Ullstrom and Rhett, or Martin and Ullstrom, any combination of those wings offers Bailey a more balanced “shoot v pass” decision.
Once the one wheeled cannon is gone that issue will be resolved. I can almost guarentee it.
Frans has one job in my opinion, CREATE TURNOVERS. He has two weapons for advancing (Grabner) and positioning(Parentau) the puck. he also has good possession sense, but maybe not the best creative vision. PAP and Grabs need to be firing more pucks… but I really see that as a more defensive line with very good offensive upside.
The next place to look for more offense is the fourth line… but we may have to wait for Reaoner to return. He might be pretty happy getting Martin (if Ullstrom is brought back up) and Nino to play with. Even Nino and Rhett would be an improvement over what he had before he was hurt.

Obviously they need some alternative scoring, but I’m wondering who exactly Don Capuano has in mind here.

Right. I took it as the usual coach’s lament spiced with a quibble with Bailey and probably Frans, maybe even Nino.

Also in the quote was about getting to the net themselves, so there’s that aspect. And maybe he’s even referring to defensemen being too cute looking for a pass from the blueline, or forwards not getting to the net quickly enough to make the D-man’s decision to fire on net even easier.

http://www.youtube.com/v/7hT3yfuLPIU

They’d sign a new lease to play in the Coli until the arena was built.

Mr. Ratner was excited about a key design feature of Barclays Center that places its basketball court below grade so that patrons will be split between heading up or down to their seats in the arena, depending on where they are sitting

Am I missing something, isn’t this fairly common?

where are all the seats in that dang arena?

Thousands of them are on what would become the ice surface.

calling himself Attob Attob cut in and started cackling, saying Garth Snow had “24 hours to return the writers credentials, if he ever wanted to see his little Johnny boy again….AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHA!” Due to the frightening nature of the call, they just cut off the interview. Snow was then seen shooting out from underneath the Coliseum driving a black SUV/Tank thing. It’s a good thing Lucious “Fox” Rolston finished working on the the First Line Tracking Devices this morning, probably gonna come in handy. I hear PAP is mad cause he didn’t get one. Well, he had one, but they took it away and gave it to Okposo (who apparently dressed it like a clown and calls it ‘Little Posty’, which is weird, but you know that crazy Kyle!) Grabner was seen running down Hempstead Tpke after Snow to help out, but Snow turned left and Grabner, as he’s wont to do, missed it. Not sure where is he now, but judging by my calculations, somewhere in Ohio.

minor alteration:
As I look upon the Nassau crowd,
A message comes both clear and loud,
Shadows pass like bees at the hive,
I’m the 26th best player under the age of 25!

So with that info given me,
I’ll make this prediction clear and free,
Unless we get a top four D,
Waiting one more year is where we’ll be.

Half his goals are on the PP. Not necessarily a bad thing.

The nice thing is he doesn’t have the loophole, so we can afford for him to stay another year if needed and not worry about getting Gregioried.

to the UND site.

1. or #11

YOU'RE THE ENEMY!!!

Why would I pay for this shit, when I don’t even read your site for free?

“How many people can we cram into Prospect Park for an Islanders v Rangers Winter Classic”

The guy has shown for the past three years that he can score at a 30 goal per year pace. Jesus, what the fuck.